Tokyo Story , a classic of world cinema from Yasujiro Ozu, is a layered meditation on the disintegration of the nuclear family, told...

Part 1 of this three-part series provided a plot overview of War and Peace, while Part 2 examined its key themes. In this concluding...

The previous post summarized the plot of War and Peace .This essay, the second of the three-part series, examines its central theme. The...

The first part of this three-part essay on War and Peace (the Briggs' translation) delves into its plot and historical context, while the...

Pather Panchali , the debut film of Satyajit Ray, is the first in the Apu Trilogy, chronicling the birth and early life of Apu in a small...

In previous blogs, I explored the Old Town and Gold Coast neighborhoods of Chicago. In this post, I explore some landmarks of the...